Hot Home Improvement Gadgets

Hot Home Improvement Gadgets

Everybody loves gadgets and here are some of the coolest as featured at the National Hardware Show. Taking up over 1 million square feet, it is pretty much the biggest hardware store in the world.

Robotic Lawn Mower

LawnBott is a robotic lawnmower that uses a flat blade to mulch your grass as it cuts it, thereby mowing and fertilizing your lawn all at once. It can be set for up to three zones to trim your grass up to 3-4 hours per session either on a weekly schedule, or as often as you see fit, even putting itself away when the job is done.

Brush on Stainless

Thomas’ Kitchen Art, Inc, has developed the world’s first stainless steel you can brush over your colored appliances. Thomas’ Liquid Stainless Steel is an automotive grade finish which is durable as a new car finish, will not fingerprint, safe as latex paint - yet emits less odor, and allows refrigerator magnets to stick!

Solar Sidewalks

Edging and lighting yards, gardens and walkways is now literally a snap for homeowners nationally. The new no-tools-required "Let's Edge It" is a uniquely simple product that provides edging and lighting in one. Kit includes a set of realistic plastic bricks with built-in solar-powered lights.

Spike up Your Lawn

Over the course of a year, the soil beneath a typical lawn will become hard and compacted, and thatch--a layer of dead grass on top of the soil--will build up. This cool-looking Mow-Aerator is a product that actually enables homeowners to mow and aerate the lawn at the same time. Mow-Aerator is a simple set of brackets with one-and-a-half-inch spikes that attaches to a riding or push mower’s tires.

Handy Garden Tool

The new, 7-in1 Planter’s Buddy from True Temper is a unique multi-tasking garden tool for today’s time-starved homeowners and garden enthusiasts. It features a durable, 6-inch stainless steel blade and combination straight and serrated edges that can be used for a variety of tasks, including planting, opening bags, weeding, cutting, measuring and tamping.

Cordless Cultivator

Get more done in your yard with the cordless convenience of the new 18 Volt Powered Cultivator by Black & Decker. The Cultivator’s hardened steel tines dig into soil to pull up weeds or loosen dirt for planting and better aeration. And because it is cordless you can take the Cultivator anywhere in your yard.

High Tech Metal Detector

Zircon's MetalliScanner® m40 is specifically designed to meet the needs of DIYers who want to find metal in walls, ceilings and floors. It is also the DIYer’s solution for finding studs in lath and plaster construction. MetalliScanner® m40 is unique because of its affordable price point and ability to pinpoint the exact location of metal.

Work Sharp

The Work Sharp WS3000 power sharpening system is a complete air cooled, dry sharpening system that allows even novice woodworkers the ability to quickly, accurately and consistently sharpen and hone their hand tools to razor sharp results in only minutes.

Inspirational Showering

Moen’s 7" Inspire multifunctional showerhead is available in both fixed and handheld versions, each featuring a spray selector that makes it easy to change from one setting to another. Offers seven spray patterns and a spiral-patterned spray face provides full body coverage that envelops the user in invigorating water sprays no matter what the spray setting.

Easy Extinguishers

Fires can double in size every 30 seconds. Tundra™ Fire Extinguishing Spray is designed for consumers looking for a safety product that is easier to handle during an emergency and contains a powerful, proven and effective liquid firefighting agent. Tundra™ Fire Extinguishing Spray is effective on common household fires including paper, fabric, wood, cooking oil and electrical fires.